diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs
index 02a65e249c8267cd97ca9d79f24521d09fa83188..ccc944813ff18f4bc142f817016760ecb51012b9 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/coercion.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ fn coerce<'a, E, I>(&self, exprs: &E, a: Ty<'tcx>, b: Ty<'tcx>) -> CoerceResult<
                 // Function items are coercible to any closure
                 // type; function pointers are not (that would
                 // require double indirection).
-                // Additionally, we permit coercin of function
+                // Additionally, we permit coercion of function
                 // items to drop the unsafe qualifier.
                 self.coerce_from_fn_item(a, a_f, b)
             }